Not exactly, Williamson let it be known numerous times that the Dogs have zero scouts over there. They depended on Williamsons “connections” when it came to the import draft. With him gone, who knows how they’ll go about it? Maybe, not having his connections last year played a part in not getting any imports and going the “screw London” route instead.

One thing that could (hopefully) help is Kiril Maksimov's progression as an IceDog. Is agent is Russian legend Igor Larionov.

Now the bad news is that was supposed to land us a top-notch Larionov client and or Russian last year but as we all know we got nothing. Zilcho.

Not exactly, Williamson let it be known numerous times that the Dogs have zero scouts over there. They depended on Williamsons “connections” when it came to the import draft. With him gone, who knows how they’ll go about it? Maybe, not having his connections last year played a part in not getting any imports and going the “screw London” route instead.

Well, Oli Joulevi was a project top 10 NHL pick when he was selected 45th overall by the London Knight in 2015 CHL Import draft.

It’s widely speculated (or known) that the player agents run the Import draft. So if a team has negotiated a deal with an import player – the team in question will usually be able to draft that player regardless of where they draft.

Or a team (e.g., Niagara) can block another team (e.g., London Knights) from drafting the player (e.g., Tim Liljegren) they had negotiated a deal with prior to the draft.

I was cool with screwing over London last year. But it would be nice to get a quality player that reports.

Do you think that because many people see the Dogs as contenders next year helping us get a player?

I agree I was fine with doing what we didn’t to London especially because we had a small chance of getting him. I honestly think “going for it helps players come but it probably depends what the other options are